It was touted as a way of improving education standards after the two schools were placed in special measures following critical inspections by Welsh education watchdog Estyn.

But after a consultation with stakeholders, including parents, governors, school staff and community councillors, the idea of turning them into “through schools” has been abandoned for the time being.

Wrexham Council’s lead member for children, Cllr Mike Williams, said the focus would now be on improving the two schools to an acceptable standard before any changes were considered.

He said there had been strong support for the principles of “through school” education.

But Cllr Williams added: “The strong and consistent message arising from the consultation is that the priority for both schools and for the local authority should be to improve attainment and to move both schools out of an Estyn category before considering structural changes.”

He said the two schools were improving and work to support and challenge their education standards would continue.

Councillors had expressed concerns about the “through schools” proposals and questioned if it was being rushed into.